A WALKING TOUR OF KAKA'AKO

Kaka’ako is a district between downtown Honolulu and Waikiki that, only a few years ago, was home to deteriorating auto body repair shops, stationery warehouse stores, run-down bars and a closed movie theater. Nowadays, it has been discovered by developers who are quickly turning it into a forest of high-rise condominiums, a park or two and an upscale motif. Along with the developers, artists have moved into Kaka’ako and are turning many of the buildings near Ala Moana Boulevard into palettes for murals of their work. I decided this painting collection was ideal for a photo study. This gallery is devoted to the street artists of Kaka’ako.